Project Republic [[electronic resource] ] : Plans and Arguments for a New Australia

• Autore: Jones Benjamin Thomas
• Pubblicazione: Melbourne, : Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (350 p.)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: McKennaMark
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Copyright; PROJECT REPUBLIC; Contents; Foreword: Malcolm Turnbull; Foreword: Wayne Swan; Epigraph; Rekindling the Fire: The Republic and Australia's Future by Benjamin T. Jones and Mark Mckenna; The Search for a Meaningful Republic by Mark Mckenna; Reflections on the Old Australian Republican Movement by Thomas Keneally; A Peaceable Revolution: The Republic We Have to Have by Mark Tredinnick; Unfinished Business: Australian Women and the Republic by Joy McCann; Beyond Symbolism: Indigenous Peoples in an Australian Republic by Larissa Behrendt ; A Just Republic, Not Just a Republic by Anthony DillonThe Australian Republic - Love It or Leave It! by Erika K. Smith; Hypothetical but Potentially Real Scenario: The Present Day by Julian Morrow; Hypothetical but Potentially Real Scenario: The Future ... Soon by Julian Morrow; Mission Impossible? Achieving Social Justice through Constitutional Change by George Williams; A.I. Clark: Republican and Colonial Patriot by Henry Reynolds; Confronting the Good Monarch: Searching for a Democratic Case for the Republic by Paul Pickering; Monarchist Myths Debunked by John Warhurst ; Republican Reset: The Lessons of History and a Way Ahead by James CurranAmending the Constitution: Achieving the Democratic Republic by Helen Irving; How to Achieve an Australian Republic by David Donovan; The Danger of Consultation by John Hirst; It's All about Our Identity by David Morris; The Meaning Of A Republic by Benjamin T. Jones; Appendix: The Resurrection of the Republic by George Winterton; Notes on Contributors; Further Reading
• Sommario/riassunto: It's time for some straight talk about Australia's future.We need a head of state who shares a genuine affinity with our country. True independence does not require us to relinquish affection for the Queen or downplay excitement about a royal birth or wedding. Rather it is a chance for national renewal, and to lend an Australian dignity to the highest office in the land. In short: to decide what kind of country we want to live in.Featuring forewords by Malcolm Turnbull and Wayne Swan, Project Republic unites a range of passionate Australian voices to show why Australia must become a republic -
• Titolo autorizzato: Project Republic
• ISBN: 1-921870-98-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459830803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II